I’m working on flying the drone in urban settings to get better views of buildings in Boston. I flew between South Station and One Financial (on Atlantic Avenue) but the wind was pretty strong, and sort of freaked me out a bit, so it was a short flight.

I’ve been pretty busy lately with my professional blog so I haven’t had time to write much on Adam Honig Dot Com. But that hasn’t stopped me from flying my drone in the snow in Boston, or in San Francisco and New York while traveling:

The latest version of the Phantom Vision 2+ had a few nice features like a scroll wheel attached to the remote controller to adjust the angle of the camera. And I found this in the newly redesigned user manual:

Last night’s drone flying adventure was all about getting it as high up in the air as possible.

Learning to understand how the camera works on the drone is a bit tricky. When I pan or move around, controlling the drone from the ground, it seems slow and controlled… but then when I watch the video it always seems too short and sort of jerky. I’m working on that.

You might recall that I smacked my drone into the house before I went to China. Well, it’s back from the shop and out and flying around in Boston. Well, mostly the two blocks in Boston around my house. In a big park where I couldn’t hurt anyone or the drone.

Anyhow, here are some fun videos I pulled together of the most recent flights:

Had a chance to watch the movie Her again recently. It’s a quirky movie, and frankly a bit slow in spots, but I find the portrait of future technology inspiring. So inspiring, actually that I left my job to start a company trying to apply some its principals.

I love the scene from Her when Theodore installs the new “OS” that he will eventually fall in love with:

During the course of setting up the new OS, it needs to know:

Are you social, or antisocial?

Would you like your OS to have a male or female voice?

How would you describe your relationship with your mother?

Of course the OS then goes on to cut him off as Theodore gives somewhat rambling answers to these questions.

It’s an amusing clip, but it also brings to mind an interesting question: when is the last time a software application tried to build rapport with you? Surely with all of these apps that have access to your Facebook data, some of them would start randomly chatting me up about the Knicks or the new St Vincent album.

After flying my new drone a few times, I felt like “OK — I got this”, and decided to fly it in my rather small backyard instead of the spacious public parks nearby.

Unfortunately, the wind picked up, and I rather inelegantly smacked it into the house! It’s out for repairs, and probably won’t be back until after China. Bummer. So much for my plans to start a drone rental business.